Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15116, Gilbert Fairchild, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Fairchild Gilbert
S15116
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CONTENTS

Connecticut
Gilbert Fairchild
of Newall in the State of Conn. who was a Sergeant in the Conn. commanded by Captain Gufon of the Regt commanded by Col. in the Conn. line for 9 mos. Sergeants 18 " Private 27
$62.20 45.00 $107.20
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 107 Dollars 20 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of June 1832 and sum No. 611. Ridgefield
Arrears to the 4th of Mch 33 $214.40 Servant allowance ending 4 Sep 33 53.60 $268.00
Revolutionary Claim, Not paid June 7, 1832. G. C. Inles Clerk
Recorded by Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 13

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. Ridgefield
On this third day of August 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before Reuben Root Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in said County & State Gilbert Fairchild, a resident of Ridgefield aforesaid aged seventy two years, who being first sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officer, and served as herein stated, viz -
That in the Month of August in the year 1776, the Company of Militia under the Command of Captain Ithiel Gregory, and to which this declarant belonged, was called to New York for a "two months" tour of service, that said Company proceeded direct to New York, that they remained in said City until the morning of the day that New York was taken possession of by the British, when the troops retreated to Kingsbridge in the vicinity of the City, and this declarant being on the sick list, was permitted by Captain Gregory to return home, having only served one Month and an half, in the above tour.
And this declarant further states that in the Spring of the year 1777, in the Month of April, he entered the service of the United States in a Company of Artillery raised in Norwalk in said County for the defense of the Coast. Said Company was under the Command of Lieutenant William Seymour, that the enlistment was for Nine Months, and that during said period this declarant served in said Company as a private soldier, the Station being on "Four Hours Hill".

in said New York, and on the last day of December of the same year, having served out the period of his enlistment, this Declarant was discharged. — And this Declarant further states, that in the Spring of the year 1778, he again enlisted in said Company of Artillery, under the same Lieutenant Symmes, for the period of nine months, and performed duty at the same place, and on the last day of December of the same year was regularly dismissed. — And this Declarant further states, that he knew of No person now living who was in said Company in this year by whom this term of service can be proved, except a Noah Hyatt of Milton in said County, who was then a Sergeant in said Company, and whose faculties are so much impaired, by a recent paralytic shock, that his testimony cannot be procured. — And this Declarant further states that in the year 1779 in the Month of May, he was drafted for one month, and performed the service at Hartsneck in a Company of Militia under the Command of Captain Toby Gregory, and that he was regularly dismissed from said service and returned home in the Month of June of the same year. — And this Declarant further states that in the year 1781 he enlisted for the period of nine months in the Coast Guard under the Command of Captain Samuel Rea, performed the duty of a Sergeant until the period of his enlistment expired. When he received a Certificate of such service from said Captain Rea which is herewith transmitted.

And this Declarant further states that in the year 1782, he again enlisted into the company of Artillery under the aforesaid William Gwynn as a private and continued in said Company until the news of signing of the treaty of Peace arrived, when he well knowing he assisted firing the first gun belonging to said Company in honor of that event — When he was honorably discharged from such service, after having served in the last enlistment as he believes about Eighteen Months —
He states that he was born at Norwalk aforesaid on the 21 st October 1757 — has a record of his age received from his father, his age also is on record in the public records of said — He has resided in said Norwalk at the several periods when he entered the service as aforesaid — that in the year 1800 he removed to Ridgefield in said County, where he still resides, he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of Army State
Being examined in court, the said Gilbert Fairchild saith that the said Corps in which he so served, in all the said towns except the first, were Troops raised by the State of Connecticut for the general defense —
Gilbert Fairchild
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State of Connecticut Fairfield County, ss.
I Reuben Booth of Danbury in the County of Fairfield aforesaid Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Danbury in the said County and State do hereby certify that Edward Taylor Esquire who has signed and certified the foregoing proceedings of the said Court of Probate is Clerk thereof and was such Clerk duly appointed and sworn, at the time the same purport to have been signed and certified by him: that the said signatures purporting to be the signatures of the said Edward Taylor are in his proper hand writing: and that full faith and credit are due to his attestation as such Clerk.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in said Danbury this 8 th day of August A.D. 1832 Reuben Booth Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury Connecticut

The said Gilbert Fairchild hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in Open Court Attest Edward Taylor Clerk  Gilbert Fairchild
We, Charles G. Lillie a clergyman, residing in the town of Nidgefield and Harvey Smith residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Gilbert Fairchild who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and date aforesaid in Open Court Attest Edward Taylor Clerk  Charles G. Lillie Harvey Smith
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Charles G. Lillie who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in town of Nidgefield and that Harvey Smith who has also signed to same, is a resident of the town of Nidgefield and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
Danbury I, Edward Taylor Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Gilbert Fairchild for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my seal Office, this 3 rd day of August 1832.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

21097
Gilbert Fairchild 6. t.
Admitted
Sergeant — 9 mo
Private of Artil.
levy — 18 9 27
12 150/4
15 916 75 60 62.20 45 101.20
95 65

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Gilbert Fairchild CONN.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Aug. 1776 1 15 Private Capt. Gregory N.Y. then to Kings Br. 72 Norwalk   Apr. 1777 Rotterdam 9 " Lieut. Seymour Taken Prisoner 64 2 town records   Spring 1778 do. 9 " " " As the last 65 and now a Witness   May 1779 1 Capt. Gregory does not 64 St. Louis by a Witness   1781 9 Sergeant Capt. Kelley James Last The town of 1790 proved by a Witness   1782 served as the belied 1 6 Lt. Seymour none stated a document or Certificate of a Congregational Minister and one citizen and several unaccredited citizens  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

15116 INVALID.
Feby-25-1901 Mrs. C. K. Rockwell Meriden Conn
File No. 15116
Gilbert Fairchild Sergt. Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 121
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Seth Bets of Norwalk in the County of Fair- -field in the State of Connecticut aged sixty five years, being first sworn according to Law do depose and say, that I am well ac- -quainted with Gilbert Fairchild of Ridgefield in said County, and know that, during the War of the Revolution, said Fairchild resided in said Town of Norwalk, and in the year 1781, performed Service, in a Company of Coast Guards, raised to Guard the Coast in said Norwalk and towns adjacent - the Company under the Command of Captain Samuel Huler - This deponent, was then doing duty as a Sub- -stitute for his father, and well remembers that said Fairchild performed the duty of Sergeant - from this fact, viz. The said Company was divided, into three divisions, and each division, were stationed on guard, every third Night at Calf pasture beach, this deponent was in the division with said Fairchild, and knows that he had charge of the Guard as Sergeant every third Night as aforesaid - that said Company was raised about the first of April for nine months, and discharged on the last day of December of the same year, and And further say not - except that said Fairchild was discharged, at the time afor- -said with this deponent
Seth Bets

State of Connecticut } G. Norwalk July 26. 1852 Fairfield County }
On the day and year above written, personally appeared before the Subscribers, a justice of the Peace for said County of Fairfield Seth Dotts known to me to be the same person who hath signed the foregoing deposition, known also to me to be a person of truth and veracity and made solemn affirmation to the truth of the same.
Harvey Smith Justice of Peace

I Hezekiah Bitts of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut. Aged Seventy One year, being first sworn according to Law do, Depose and say, that I am personally acquaint- -ed with Gilbert Fairchild of Ridgefield and know that during the War of the Revolution said Fairchild resided in said Norwalk, and also have knowledge that said Fairchild performed service as a private soldier in a Company of Artillery raised for the defense of the Coast and Harbors of Connecticut as this deponent believes in the year 1777 - I am not positive, but believe said Fairchild enlisted into said Company in the Spring of 1777 for Nine months. I well know he was in said Company, and participated in all the Marches and fatigues to which said Company was subjected - that this Deponent was a private soldier in said Company with said Fairchild, and knows that he faith- -fully served his Country as a soldier at that eventful period - William Sycamore of Norwalk was Lieutenant in Command of said Company.
And this Deponent further says, that said Fair- -child was on a tour of duty in the Militia for a short period. I believe for one month - That this deponent was on said tour of duty with said Fairchild, and served at Norwalk in said County of Fairfield - under Captain Saby Gregory (as this deponent believes), but in what year, this deponent at this time cannot state with certainty -
Hez. Bitts

State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss Norwalk July 21. 1832
On the day and year above written personally appeared before the subscribers a justice of the Peace for said County Ezekiel Dett, known to me to be the same person who hath subscribed the within and foregoing deposition. Known also to be a person of truth and veracity, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same
Henry Smith Justice of Peace
Henry Smith Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield Ss Probate Court District of Norwalk Augt 9 th 1832 Personally appeared Henry Belden Esq. and Isaac S. Isaac Esq. both respectable inhabitants of said Norwalk and being duly sworn according to Law in open court depose and say that they are well acquainted with the hand writing of Capt. Samuel Keeler late of said Norwalk deceased and the Certificate hereto annexed is in the proper hand writing of said Samuel Keeler and his signature thereto is genuine
Henry Belden
Isaac S. Isaac
Sworn and subscribed in open court the day and year of our Lord
Benj. Isaac Judge
This may certify all whom it may concern that Gilbert Fairchild was appointed a Sergeant in the Company of Guard, that I had the command of in the year 1781. and served as a Sergeant in my said Company with Honor from the time of his appointment until said Company was disbanded agreeable to an act of Assembly
Certified by me Sam l Keeler
Capt. of 1 st Guard

State of Connecticut } Fairfield County }
So I Thomas B. Borne Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Fairfield in said State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Harvey Smith Esquire, before whom the foregoing Depositions of Seth Betts & Merediah Betts were sworn, is now and for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace for said County of Fairfield duly commissioned & duly empowered to administer oaths & take Depositions; I further certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Harvey Smith & that I verily believe the official signatures to the Certificates on said Depositions, purporting to be his, are genuine. I further certify that Benjamin Isaacs Esq whose own proper signature known to me to be genuine, is annexed to the foregoing Certificate on the Deposition of Henry Belden & Isaac S. Isaacs is now & was at the date of this said Certificate Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk in said County. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in Fairfield this 28 th day of December A D 1832 and have also affixed the Seal of said County Court.
Thomas B. Borne Clerk of said County Court

Gilbert Fairchild
21097

We the undersigned Inhabitants of the Town of Bridgfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut do hereby testify and say that we are personally acquainted with Gilbert Gaineschild of said Bridgfield who hath applied for a pension for Revolutionary services and have been so acquainted with him for several years, that he has ever sustained and does now sustain a fair character for truth and integrity that we have this day read the Decla- -ration of said Gaineschild read and from our confidence in him as a man of strict integrity, and uniform regard for truth, we fully believe his Decla- -ration in relation to his services in the War of the Revolution is true and that he served the full period of time therein stated with fidelity.
Samuel Stebbins Jesse S. Brantley Theodorus Wheeler Nathan Smith Jared York

August 3 d 1882 Sworn & Subscribed in open court, and the said court of Probate being well acquainted with the above deponents who all reside in the Town of Bridgefield certifies that they are Gentlemen of the first respectability, & are credible witnesses Attest Edward Lay in clerk

Feb. 12. 1901.
Hon. H. Clay Evans Sir -
Will you kindly give me the Revolutionary records of Gilbert Fairchild & Ezra Mead , both U.S. Pensioners of Fairfield Co. Conn. under the acts of 1818 & 1832. Very truly Yrs - Mrs. C. L. Rockwell, 307 Colony St. Meriden, Conn.